Swing State Polls 2012: Obama vs. Romney, Politico & Rasmussen Results
Politico's coverage of the latest swing-state polls and their results revealed that Mitt Romney is still in the lead for Electoral College votes from the nine swing-states: 66 over President Barack Obama's 44 votes.
In their "2012 Swing States" analysis, last updated on Oct. 31 at 9:04 a.m. EDT, Politico revealed findings that suggest Romney will receive all 29 Electoral votes from Florida, all 15 from North Carolina and all 13 from Virginia. They also noted that Obama will receive all 18 Electoral votes from Ohio, all 10 from Wisconsin, and all the Electoral votes New Hampshire, Nevada and Iowa have to offer. The polling data used is provided by Real Clear Politics.
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The 2012 swing-states are Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Caroline, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin, according to Politico.
However, it is also interesting to note that in total overall votes from all 50 states, Polico revealed that Obama is likely to win the most Electoral College votes: 281 to Romney's 257.
In their own swing-state analysis, Rasmussen Reports said that Romney was in the lead for Electoral votes in Ohio (50 to Obama's 48 percent), North Carolina ( 52 to Obama's 46 percent) and Florida (50 to 48 percent).
Some of the questions asked in the respective surveys are as follows:
If the 2012 presidential election were held today, would you vote for Republican Mitt Romney or Democrat Barack Obama?
Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of Mitt Romney?
Whom do you trust more to handle the economy...Mitt Romney or Barack Obama?
Who do you trust more to handle national security issues...Mitt Romney or Barack Obama?
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